Hi, I'm new to iptables and would appreciate it if someone could point out to me if -m owner --uid-owner spring can be used in the following rules: (1) iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -m owner --uid-owner spring -j ACCEPT (2) iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -m owner --uid-owner spring -j REJECT (3) iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp -m conntrack -d 123.123.123.123 -o eth0 -m owner --uid-owner spring --dport 443 -j ACCEPT --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED (4) (a) iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp -m conntrack -o tun0 -m owner --uid-owner spring --dport 80 -j ACCEPT --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED (b) iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp -m conntrack -o tun0 -m owner --uid-owner spring --dport 443 -j ACCEPT --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED (c) iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp -m udp -m conntrack -o tun0 -m owner --uid-owner spring --dport 53 -j ACCEPT --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED (d) iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp -m conntrack -o tun0 -m owner --uid-owner spring --dport 53 -j ACCEPT --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED Additional info: I. No root account was created during installation of Debian Wheezy II. Name of account of user is spring Thanks. Vince _____________________________________________________________ Washington DC's Largest FREE Email service. ---> http://www.DCemail.com ---> A Washington Online Community Member ---> http://www.DCpages.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html